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Using FireDAC Unidirectional property for fast, low memory selection set processing

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December 29, 2015
I often do large Oracle database queries using FireDAC to analyze registration data about our products and customers. Most of the time I am only processing through millions of rows to create a report or chart. One of the FDQuery properties that I forget to set True is the TDFQuery’s “Unidirectional” sub-property found under the FetchOptions (TFDFetchOptions) property. By…
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Skill Sprint: Unlocking the Windows Runtime (WinRT) and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) on Windows 10

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November 24, 2015
Author: Marleon What is the Windows Runtime (WinRT)? Introduced in Windows 8 Default program interface Object Oriented API Native Code API Does not replace Win32 Not part of .NET Not managed code Not a tablet version of Windows (WindowsRT) Only way to access some features of Windows 10 Asynchronous Non blocking > 50ms Read more about the new world’s C++/WinRT and how it can…
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Rad Studio Quality Portal user guide

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October 22, 2015
Author: Juan Antonio Ruzafa Embarcadero’s Quality Portalprovides a community process for resolving, clarifying, and tracking quality issues regarding Embarcadero’s products and services.Embarcadero Developer Network(EDN) members can create bug…
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New Delphi Seattle MongoDB Sample

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October 15, 2015
I created some more Delphi 10 Seattle samples to show off MongoDB and FireDAC functionality: LocalSQL, Indexing & Geospatial. The first one queries some data from MongoDB allowing you to specify the match, sort and projection, then it stores the results in a DataSet. At that point you can use LocalSQL to write a SQL query against the result set. While FireDAC gives you full native support for…
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How to use custom Info.plist XML to support iOS 9's new App Transport Security feature

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September 24, 2015
Apple introduced the new “Apple Transport Security” feature in iOS9 to restrict apps that use HTTP protocol requests behind the scenes. To allow your app to use HTTP, Apple provides Info.plist settings. This new feature will have an impact on the execution of apps that use HTTP directly or use components and RTL functions that use HTTP behind the scenes. TAppAnalytics and TWebBrowser…
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